Monday, August 4, 2008

Happy first day of practice, everyone. I'll do my best to update the blog throughout the day, though I'm not sure how much Internet access I'll have. As a general rule of thumb, if there's an opportunity for technology to cause problems for me, it will. In any case, I'll have updates by late afternoon, and hopefully sooner.

In the meantime, here are a few links:

I wonder why everyone seems to have five questions about Georgia -- no one ever makes up a list of eight questions, or three. Regardless, here's five from the Savannah Morning News.

The AJC writes that Georgia begins practice eying a national championship. I would bet, however, Mark Richt is doing everything he can to make sure the Dogs are simply eying Georgia Southern. It's cliched, but my guess is most of these players won't be thinking national championship until they're actually playing for it.

The State's Seth Emerson -- who learned everything he knows about journalism at the Albany Herald -- writes that Georgia's emotions, inlcuding the TD celebration in Jacksonville, have fueled its rise to the top .

Just as a side note, I incorrectly noted that Baldwin had been arrested for his role in the brawl in my original post Saturday. This was incorrect. I could give you the excuse that I had just gotten to Athens, didn't have access to the police report, misread the news release or that I only had about 20 minutes to report and write the story. That's all true, and it's all unimportant. I screwed up. I'm sorry, and it won't happen again, I assure you.

The AJC's Mark Bradleycompares Skip Caray to Larry Munson. I was lucky enough to meet Skip's dad, Harry, during a trip to Wrigley Field when I was 14. It's still one of the most exciting moments of my life. Sports fans grow an immense attachment to their teams' broadcasters -- they're there with us through the ups and downs, and in our living rooms dozens of times each year. So for Braves fans, I offer my condolences for the loss of a family member -- I know that's how I felt when Harry died.

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Seth Emerson has been covering the SEC and Georgia (on and off) since 2002. He worked at the Albany Herald from 2002-05, then spent five years at The State in Columbia, S.C., covering South Carolina. He returned to Athens in August of 2010, only to find that David Pollack and David Greene were no longer playing for the Bulldogs. Adjustments were made. Emerson is originally from Silver Spring, Md., and graduated from Maryland in 1998 with a degree in journalism and a minor in getting lost on the way to practically everywhere. Then he spent four years at The Washington Post, covering small colleges, a couple NCAA basketball tournaments, and on one glorious day, was yelled at by Tony Kornheiser. It was probably at The Post that he also learned to write in the third person.These days he lives in Athens with his beloved and somewhat wimpy dog, Archie. Together they fight crime at night in northeast Georgia, except on nights there is no crime, in which case they sit at home, sip on white wine and watch reruns of "Mad Men."